At the next BRICS Summit, there will be a great focus on the expansion plans of the International Group.Member China will do all it can this week to evolve the emerging BRICS bloc into a full-fledged rival to the G7, the Financial Times reports.
The BRICS summit will be held in Johannesburg from Wednesday. Several leaders from developing countries will attend. In addition, many countries have been invited to participate in this bloc consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, etc.
Even before the summit began, there were signs that India and China were at odds over plans to expand the bloc. The Australian Financial Review reports that the two bordering member states will discuss the issue at a summit.
Will the BRICS turn into an anti-Western forum?
The AFR news agency, citing sources briefed on India’s and China’s positions, said the BRICS should remain a non-aligned club for the economic interests of developing countries, or openly challenge the West. It reported that tensions are rising as to whether it should change to a political force that will do the same.
South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said, “By expanding the BRICS to a share of global GDP similar to that of the G7, we will have an even stronger collective voice in the world.” told the AFR. BRICS as an anti-Western movement is “very wrong”. Meanwhile, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed support for the expansion. Although this subject has not been clarified until now,